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Subject: [lojban] Re: How would you say "plural" and "singular"?
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On Thursday 28 November 2002 07:51, Stefan \"1of3\" Koch wrote:
> mi cusku lu
>
> zoi gy dogs gy du la plural. pe zoi gy dog
>
> li'u

I would use this sort of construction (but with {me}) for Hebrew voices, 
which are named for the corresponding form of a Hebrew verb:
zoi xy" mitnagdim "xy me la xitpa,el zoi xy" nagad "xy
but not for "plural", which has translations in many languages.

phma

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